and governor romney, our alliances have never been stronger. in asia, in europe, in africa, with israel where we have unprecedented military and intelligence cooperation including dealing with the iranian threat. but what we also have been able to do is position ourselves so we can start rebuilding america. and that's what my plan does. making sure that we're bringing manufacturing back to our shores so we're creating jobs here as we have done with the automobile industry. not rewarding companies that are shipping jobs overseas. making sure we have the best education system in the world, including retraining workers for the jobs for tomorrow. doing everything we can to control our energy. we cut our oil imports to the lowest level in two decades. because we have developed oil and natural gas, but we also have to develop clean energy technologies. that will allow us to cut exports in half by 2020. that's the kind of leadership we need to show. and we've got to make sure we reduce our deficit. unfortunately, governor romney's plan doesn't do it.